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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
19aadacf 2* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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3 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
4 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
5 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
19aadacf 13* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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14 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
15
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16* shorten the message to sane length:
17
18 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
19
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20* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
21
f38afcd0 22External:
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f38afcd0 24* ps should gain colums for slice
81d112a8 25
f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
154ff088 34
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35* sd-resolve:
36 - make sure event loop integration works similar to event loop integration in other libs
37 - maybe drop _free() call, introduce _unref() instead
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38 - maybe simplify function calls that take a sd_resolve_query object, to not also require the matching sd_resolve?
39 - maybe drop the "n_proc" parameter to sd_resolve_new()?
40 - change all functions to return "int" and negative errno errors
6a8b5fa4 41
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42* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
43
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44* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
45 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
46 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
47 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
48 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
49 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
50
3333d748 51* machinectl bash completion is missing
708c143c 52* busctl bash and zsh completions are outdated
3333d748 53
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54* Introduce PrivateDevices=yes/no which works like PrivateTmp= but for /dev setting up a tmpfs for it that only includes /dev/null, /dev/zero, /dev/random, /dev/urandom, but nothing else.
55
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56* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
57
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58* cgroups:
59 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
60 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
61 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
62 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
63 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
64 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
65 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
66 the hierarchies of child processes
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68* transient units:
69 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
70 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
71 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 72
08cd1552 73* code cleanup
08cd1552 74 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
2e41a51e 75
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76* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
77
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78* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
79
80* move libasyncns into systemd as libsystemd-asyncns
81
f38afcd0 82* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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84* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
85
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86* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
87
94676f3e 88* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 89
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90* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
91
f38afcd0 92* socket-proxyd:Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
41644622 93
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94* rfkill,backlight: we probably should run the load tools inside of the udev rules so that the state is properly initialized by the time other software sees it
95
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96* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
97
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98* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
99
7f79cd71 100* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 101
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102* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
103 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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104 path anyway.
105
19aadacf 106* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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107 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
108 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
109
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110* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
111
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112* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
113 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 114 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 115
6aaa8c2f 116* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 117
e1b7e7ec 118* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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120* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
121
122* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
123
9444b1f2 124* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 125 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 126 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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127 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
128 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 129
19aadacf 130* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
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132* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
133 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
134
6bb648a1 135* sd-bus:
883b3690 136 - let the activator peek the peer connection with KDBUS_CMD_MSG_SRC and log it
eb01ba5d 137 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 138 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 139 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
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140 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
141 - SD_BUS_COMMENT() macro for inclusion in vtables, syntax inspired by gdbus
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142 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
143 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 144 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
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145 - longer term:
146 * priority queues
147 * priority inheritance
452de75e 148 - check sender of response messages
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149 - dbus spec updates:
150 - kdbus mapping
151 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
152 - GVariant
bee7e928 153 - "const" properties (posted)
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154 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
155 - make use of "drop" ioctl in pid 1 bus activation
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156 - bus proxy: override unique id sender for messages from driver to match the well-known name
157 - bus driver: GetNameOwner() for "org.freedesktop.DBus" should return "org.freedesktop.DBus"
6a8b5fa4 158 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
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160* sd-event
12179984 161 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 162
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163* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
164 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
165 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
166
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167* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
168 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
169
69af4503 170* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 171
69af4503 172* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 173
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174* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
175 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
176
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177* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
178
179* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
180
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181* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
182
183* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
184
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185* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
186
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187* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
188
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189* test/:
190 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
191 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 192
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193* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
194
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195* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
196 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
197 file.
198
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199* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
200 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
201 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
202 destination.
203
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204* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
205 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
206
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207* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
208
209* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
210
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211* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
212 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
213 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
214 old.
215
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216* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
217 need manual exponential loops after all
218
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219* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
220 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
221 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
222 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
223
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224* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
225 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
226 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
227 that automatically.
228
e5ec62c5 229* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 230
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231* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
232
54c31a79 233* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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235* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
236
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237* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
238
239* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
240
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241* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
242
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243* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
244
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245* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
246 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
247 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
248 will be activated.
249
356ce991 250* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 251
81d112a8 252* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 253
b44be3ec 254* EFI:
b44be3ec 255 - write man page for efi boot generator
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256 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
257 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 258 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 259
c0fe5db5 260* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 261
b44be3ec 262* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 263
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264* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
265 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 267* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 268
b44be3ec 269* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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271* logind:
272 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
273 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
274 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
275 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
276 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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277 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
278 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 279 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 280 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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281 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
282 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
283 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
284 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
285 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
286 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
287 needs setuid().
e673ad04 288
b44be3ec 289* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 290
b44be3ec 291* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 292
b44be3ec 293* journal:
c06bf414 294 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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295 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
296 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
297 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
298 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
299 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
300 - journal: reuse XZ context
301 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
302 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
303 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
304 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
305 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
306 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
307 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 308 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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309 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
310 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 311 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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312 - journal-send.c, log.c: when the log socket is clogged, and we drop, count this and write a message about this when it gets unclogged again.
313 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
314 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 315 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 316 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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317 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
318 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
319 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
320 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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321 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
322 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 323 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 324 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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325 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
326 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
327 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
328 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
329 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
330 to syslog when it works again.
331 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
332 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
333 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
334 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
335 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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337* document:
8b8f2591 338 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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339 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
340 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 341 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 342 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 343 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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344 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
345 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
346 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
347 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
348 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
349 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
350 - man: add more examples to man pages
351 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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353* systemctl:
354 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
355 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
356 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
357 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
358 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
359 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
360 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
361 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
362 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
363 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
364 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
365 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
366 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 367 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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368 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
369 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 370 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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372* unit install:
373 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
374 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
375 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
376 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
377 unit however should remove them all).
378 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
379 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 380
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381* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
382
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383* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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385* timer units:
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386 - timer events with system resume
387 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
388 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
389 o DST changes
eb124a97 390 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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391 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
392 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
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393 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
394 - anacron-like feature
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396* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
397
398* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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399 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
400 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 401 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 402 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 403 user did not request anything like it.
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405* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
406 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
407 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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409* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
410 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
411 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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412 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
413 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
414 better supported alternative.
e707c494 415
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416* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
417
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418* If we show an error about a unit (such as not showing up) and it has no Description string, then show a description string generated form the reverse of unit_name_mangle().
419
420* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
421* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
422* fedup: generator
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f38afcd0 424* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 425
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426* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
427
b44be3ec 428* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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430* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
431 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
432 - superset of tmpfiles model
433 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
434 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
435 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
436
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437* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
438 waiting for the timeout
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440* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
441
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442* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
443
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444* nspawn:
445 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
446 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
447 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
448 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
449 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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450 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
451 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
452 interfaces to the container
eb124a97 453 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 454 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 455 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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456 - add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
457 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
458 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
459 kernel.
a56b63f4 460 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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462* cryptsetup:
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463 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
464 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 466 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 467
424a19f8 468* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 469 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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471* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
472
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473* make timer units go away after they elapsed
474
8556879e 475* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 476 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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478* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
479
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480* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
481
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482* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
483
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484* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
485
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486* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
487
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488* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
489
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490* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
491
68f16003 492* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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494* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
495
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496* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
497 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
498 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
499 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 500 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 501 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 502
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503* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
504
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505* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
506
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507* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
508
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509* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
510
88a6c589 511* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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513* syscall filter:
514 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
515 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
516 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
517 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
518 - system-wide seccomp filter
c66d36e5 519
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520* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
521 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
522
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523* introduce Type=pid-file
524
59cea26a 525* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 526
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527* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
528
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529* automount: implement expire:
530 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
531 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
532 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
533 - blocking, needs a thread
534 - run until -EAGAIN
535 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
536 - call umount
537 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
538 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 539
e01a15b7 540* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 541
abd55b16 542* udev:
3f60bcb5 543 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 544 - move to LGPL
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546 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 547
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548* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
549
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550* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
551
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552* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
553
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554* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
555
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556* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
557
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558* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
559
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560* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
561
562* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
563
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564* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
565
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566* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
567 needs to be auto-respawned?
568
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569* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
570
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571* tmpfiles:
572 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
573 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 574
b44be3ec 575* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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578
d3c7d7dd 579* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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581* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
582 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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585
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586* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
587 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
588
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589* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
590
7c697168 591* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 592
71092d70 593* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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595* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
596 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
597 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
598
f38afcd0 599* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 600
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601* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
602 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
603
71092d70 604* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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606* readahead:
607 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
608 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
609 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
610 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
611 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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613* add support for /bin/mount -s
614
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615* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
616
68c7d001 617* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 618 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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619 - enabling dbus services
620 - status update
7a2a0b90 621 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 622 - remote access
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623 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
624 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 625 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 626 - auto-restart
e707c494 627 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 628 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 629 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 630 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 631 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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632 - calendar time events
633 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
634 - how to create your own target
635 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
636 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 638* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 639
71092d70 640* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 641
260abb78 642* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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644* Support --test based on current system state
645
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646* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
647
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648* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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650* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
651
129126f3 652* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
a625ac1a 653 - postfix, saslauthd
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655 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
656 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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658
71092d70 659* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 660
50f2a90d 661* io priority during initialization
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7ba97195 665* systemd-python:
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667 works with ^C
b04c8c83 668 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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670* bootchart:
671 - plot per-process IO utilization
672 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
673 - document initcall_debug
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674 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
675
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676* udev-link-config:
677 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
678 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
679 on Path= matching
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680 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
681
88e4d1d7 682* sd-rtnl:
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683 - improve container support, and add support for entering containers when reading
684 - add support for more attribute types
685
0a4b9a07 686* networkd:
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687 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
688 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
689 - allow opting out of receiving DNS servers over DHCPv4
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690 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
691
2f8cd170 692External:
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cc9784c6 694* dbus:
3377af3e 695 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 696 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 697
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698* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
699
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700* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
701
9096ad36 702* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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704* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
705 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
706 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
707 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
708 the RTC to sync up.
709
71092d70 710* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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713
714* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
715
716* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
717
718* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
719
720* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
721
d2bbca68 722* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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724* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
725
726* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 727
4641a16b 728* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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129126f3 730Regularly:
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129126f3 732* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 733
129126f3 734* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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736* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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71092d70 740* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 741
4db17f29 742* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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745
9e5f3dbb 746Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 748* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)